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Jackson Merrill or James Paxton

Who Should I Start? - Week 9 • Start New
Jackson Merrill

Jackson Merrill

CFSan Diego Padres SD
James Paxton

James Paxton

SPLos Angeles Dodgers LAD
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Merrill over Paxton

 
 
 
 
START BOTH START BENCH BOTH BN

Includes Detailed Projections

Latest News Jackson Merrill
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Paxton over Merrill

 
 
 
 
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Latest News James Paxton
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Performance Jackson Merrill
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.500113.5290.68835
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.355234.3940.548311
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance James Paxton
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ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
4.500-000201.171
Season stats based on the past 7 days

ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
1.982-000920.993
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Jackson Merrill
OWN
67%
+9.17 compared to last week
START
57%
+12.58 compared to last week
OWN/START James Paxton
OWN
43%
+11.75 compared to last week
START
22%
-0.23 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Jackson Merrill
33rd
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus James Paxton
111th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Jackson Merrill

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 33rd among OF's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 24th.
  • The current leader among OF's is Juan Soto
  • He is doing a better than most people thought he would.
  • Trending Batting Stats

  • Top 100 in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.336 and is currently ranked 87th
  • Top 50 in batting average with 0.294 and is currently ranked 44th
  • Not overly impressive with on base percentage currently ranked 125th with 0.340
  • Not too impressive with slugging percentage currently ranked 245th with 0.399
  • Not too impressive with on base plus slugging currently ranked 198th with 0.738
  • Not very impressive in steals and is currently ranked 332nd with 7
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 454th in RBI with 17
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 435th in runs scored with 19
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: +0.294, OBP: +0.34, HRs: +3, RBI: +17, Runs: +19, Wlks: +11, Stls: +7,
Breakdown James Paxton

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 112th among SP's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 65th.
  • The current leader among SP's is Logan Allen
  • You have to be impressed by how much better he is performing. Can he keep this up or is it a fluke?
  • Trending Pitching Stats

  • Currently ranked 182nd in WHIP with 1.57
  • Currently ranked 138th in ERA with 4.77
  • Top 35 in walks and is currently ranked 29th with 44
  • Top 50 in wins and is currently ranked 40th with 8
  • Slight decline in numbers lately at 2.1 PPG.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: W: -2, L: -5, WHIP: +0.048, ERA: -1.707, K's: -77, Walks: -9
Next Up Health Check
Injury Jackson Merrill

No Injury Reported

Injury James Paxton

No Injury Reported

Next Up Matchup Comparison
Matchups Jackson Merrill
DateOpponentResult
May 13VS COLDakota HudsonL 4-5
May 14VS COLCal QuantrillL 3-6
May 15VS COLAustin GomberL 0-8
May 17@ATLMatt WaldronW 1-3
May 18@ATL
May 19@ATLBryce Elder
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.409152.4400.54518
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups James Paxton
DateOpponentResult
May 13@SFBlake TreinenW 4-6
May 14@SFGavin StoneW 2-10
May 15@SFLogan WebbL 4-1
May 16VS CINNick MartinezL 2-7
May 17VS CINMichael GroveW 7-3
May 18VS CINWalker BuehlerW 4-0
May 19VS CINHunter Greene
ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
2.451-000751.452
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating Jackson Merrill
6.05
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating James Paxton
11.15
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up Career Comparison
Career Jackson Merrill
YEAR TM GP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG OBP SLG PTS
2024 SD 46 42 3 19 17 7 11 .294 .340 .399 138
ON PACE 158 144 10 65 58 24 37 .294 .340 .399 475
3-YEAR AVG . . . 0
Career 46 42 3 19 17 7 11 .294 .340 .399
Career James Paxton
YEAR TM APP INN PC K WLK SV W-L ERA WHIP K/9 PTS
2013 SEA 4 24.0 384 21 7 0 3-0 1.5 0.92 7.9 84
2014 SEA 11 61.0 987 51 26 0 5-4 3.39 1.25 7.5 153
2015 SEA 13 67.0 1111 56 29 0 3-4 3.22 1.42 7.5 148
2016 SEA 20 121.0 1950 117 24 0 6-7 3.79 1.31 8.7 283
2017 SEA 24 133.2 2267 156 37 0 12-5 3.03 1.12 10.5 398
2018 SEA 28 158.0 2603 208 42 0 11-6 3.76 1.11 11.9 474
2019 NYY 32 159.0 2914 206 62 0 16-6 3.91 1.34 11.7 452
2020 NYY 5 20.1 356 26 7 0 1-1 6.64 1.48 11.5 41
2021 SEA 1 2.0 24 2 1 0 0-0 4.5 0.5 9 3
2023 BOS 19 96.0 1690 101 33 0 7-5 4.5 1.31 9.5 216
2024 LAD 8 44.1 734 24 24 0 5-0 2.84 1.38 4.9 105
ON PACE 27 149 2477 81 81 0 16-0 2.84 1.38 4.9 354
3-YEAR AVG 10 48 857 52 17 0 4-3 4.69 1.33 9.8 110
Career 165 877.0 15020 968 292 0 0-0 3.69 1.26 9.9
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ARI vs DET 04:10 EDT EST Jordan Montgomery
Matt Manning
ATL vs SD 07:10 EDT EST Bryce Elder
Yu Darvish
BAL vs SEA 01:35 EDT EST Corbin Burnes
George Kirby
BOS @STL 01:05 EDT EST Nick Pivetta
Matthew Liberatore
CHC vs PIT 02:20 EDT EST Jameson Taillon
Mitch Keller
CHW @NYY 01:35 EDT EST Chris Flexen
Carlos Rodon
CIN @LAD 04:10 EDT EST Hunter Greene
Yoshinobu Yamamoto
CLE vs MIN 01:40 EDT EST Tanner Bibee
Chris Paddack
COL @SF 04:05 EDT EST Dakota Hudson
Jordan Hicks
HOU vs MIL 02:10 EDT EST Spencer Arrighetti
Colin Rea
KC vs OAK 02:10 EDT EST Brady Singer
JP Sears
LAA @TEX 02:35 EDT EST Jose Soriano
Michael Lorenzen
MIA vs NYM 01:40 EDT EST Sixto Sanchez
Sean Manaea
PHI vs WAS 01:35 EDT EST Aaron Nola
Trevor Williams
TB @TOR 01:37 EDT EST Aaron Civale
Alek Manoah
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DEN vs MIN 8:00 PM EST
IND @NY 3:30 PM EST
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